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How do we get home??

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ohnoohnowhattodo · 31/05/2024 08:22

Currently on holiday in Europe. Today is the day we fly home. 4 adults and 2 kids. DD was up all night being sick, presumed she had picked up a bug. We've now got two of the adults also being sick and the other two not feeling great. Other Dc is fine. Not sure if it's food poisoning from eating out last night or just a sickness bug. Now we've got the logistical nightmare of getting to the airport and getting home. It would not have been too bad if just one DC had been poorly as we could have got a buggy for them etc but all of us travelling now seems unrealistic. But we can't afford to stay and we all have work to get back to on Monday! Anyone been in this situation and have any tips??

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1989whome · 03/06/2024 07:53

Honestly I have been on a flight where I was the one who couldn't stop being sick, started literally 10ins after we took off, not travel sickness just inconvenient timing. Everyone was so lovely but I felt there pain!! Don't get on the plane lol I agree with others. Phone travel insurance and see if they can help. Hope everyone feels better soon.

Bennetty · 03/06/2024 07:11

I think the main issue is how wildly unethical it will be for you guys to even attempt public transportation when you don't even know if you're contagious.

Mrsjayy · 01/06/2024 07:24

Oh no I can't believe how useless your insurance company were! I hope you get home OK what an absolute bummer end to your holiday.

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 01/06/2024 07:11

ohnoohnowhattodo · 01/06/2024 06:58

Thanks for all the advice and concern. She had a terrible night with her temp but it has finally now come down and she is sleeping so I'm hoping we are now over the worst of it! Going to just let her sleep as long as she can today and see where we go from there!

I haven't read the entire thread... So don't know if anyone else has said..

I'd be contacting your home GP... Explain to receptionist your situation and the urgency re the temperature... But also to provide sick notes for insurance.

We had similar a few years ago... There was no issue with GP issuing insurance cert and giving us advice.

Hope you're all better soon!

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ohnoohnowhattodo · 01/06/2024 06:58

Thanks for all the advice and concern. She had a terrible night with her temp but it has finally now come down and she is sleeping so I'm hoping we are now over the worst of it! Going to just let her sleep as long as she can today and see where we go from there!

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MumInBrussels · 01/06/2024 05:59

I'm not a doctor, and I do tend to be over cautious on things like this but I wouldn't want to risk accidentally giving too much paracetamol - I hope she's feeling better this morning! You can alternate nurofen and paracetamol - they will sell kids nurofen at the pharmacy. There will be a pharmacy de garde that's open even if it's a holiday - https://www.sosmedecins.fr/en/on-duty-pharmacies/ has details, and SOS médecins will come to you if you can't get to a doctor and need someone urgently. They might speak English if you don't speak French. (They are not cheap, from memory, but they are available out of hours.)

Sablecat · 01/06/2024 05:59

That's very poor of the resort. A French hotel once found me an emergency dentist during a public holiday in August! I thought the rule with vomitting was not to re-medicate because you really can't be sure how much, if any, of the drug was vomited up. I think you need to take her back to the hospital.

shggg245 · 01/06/2024 02:55

I would take DD back to hospital.....see if they can take a sample for diagnostics?

They'll probably put her on IV fluids + meds

That's a high temp and will be making her feel awful.

Is she weeing OK?

All the best - thinking of you

MariaLuna · 01/06/2024 02:53

Hope it all clears up and you get home safe and sound.

This is why a credit card is needed for any unforeseen bumps on holiday.

Davina1234 · 01/06/2024 02:37

I hope you get home safely x

Jellybeanz456 · 01/06/2024 01:10

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DodoTired · 01/06/2024 00:58

Im not sure what you expected from insurance- they aren’t holiday rep or concierge. If they told you they’d cover your expenses provided you give them the dr note, thats all they should have done 🤷‍♀️

SuperGreens · 31/05/2024 22:45

We caught cryptosporidium from the water park at centre parcs le lac in France. Was awful.

TeabySea · 31/05/2024 22:40

BeRealPoster · 31/05/2024 22:02

You could give it 30 mins and see if her temperature comes down.

If not I'd consider giving another half dose and just make sure I don't exceed the 24 hour dosage?

I'm pretty sure there is app you can download which will translate text into English for you

I think google lens might do. Otherwise laboriously typing into google translate will give a good idea of what it says.

Hope everyone's feeling better very soon, OP.

Otherstories2002 · 31/05/2024 22:20

ohnoohnowhattodo · 31/05/2024 08:49

Now 4 out of 6 of us are down. We are staying at centre parcs so not as easy or cheap to rearrange as a hotel. The main issue at the moment would be getting to the airport as I don't think any taxi would actually take us especially seeing as DD can't keep anything down for more than a few minutes and the journey is an hour!

You cannot board a flight! You could kill someone. What is wrong with you?!

thisisasurvivor · 31/05/2024 22:14

OP sending good wishes your way

So sorry you have to Deal with all this xxxx

Turmerictolly · 31/05/2024 22:11

Maybe return to the hospital. French health care is normally very good. Do you have GHIC cards?

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ohnoohnowhattodo · 31/05/2024 22:06

Thank you! I'll give it half an hour and if the temp doesn't seem to budge I'll try another half dose.

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Workingtosurvivenotthrive · 31/05/2024 22:02

Dr told me absorption takes 30 mins, so if they are sick within 30 mins either full dose again or half dose depending on how much sick there was.

This whole thing sounds awful, I hope you all feel better and get home soon.

BeRealPoster · 31/05/2024 22:02

You could give it 30 mins and see if her temperature comes down.

If not I'd consider giving another half dose and just make sure I don't exceed the 24 hour dosage?

I'm pretty sure there is app you can download which will translate text into English for you

Thistooshallpsss · 31/05/2024 21:52

Could you ring 111 from France for advice?

whatsitcalledwhen · 31/05/2024 21:52

You poor things! If you post a picture of the advice on the pamphlet with the medicine I bet a French speaking MNetter can translate for you!

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ohnoohnowhattodo · 31/05/2024 21:50

Sorry to post again but hoping someone might have some advice. DD stopped being sick at about 5pm. However she then got a temp spiking 40, gave her some kids paracetamol that we got from a pharmacy that bought it down a little bit. That was at 6. Just woken to her being 40 again, have given her another sachet, about a minute later she was sick but only a little bit. I'm stuck as what to do now? I presume I can't give her anymore as I don't know how much she kept in! I also can't give ibuprofen as I don't have any with me. Doesn't help that obviously all the instructions on the paracetamol are in French so I can't even see what advice it gives on there!

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Katemax82 · 31/05/2024 20:42

My daughter got chicken pox in crete right before we were due to go home. Our insurance paid for us to stay until she was safe to fly home

saltinesandcoffeecups · 31/05/2024 20:28

whatsitcalledwhen · 31/05/2024 20:10

@saltinesandcoffeecups

When OP first posted multiple members of their party were actively vomiting though, one of the kids was doing so every few minutes. Glad you wouldn't fly if that was the case, it would be so unfair to others on the plane.

Don’t congratulate me too much I would have gotten enough antiemetics from the doctor to dose the family and blamed the youngest on motion sickness. Long car ride to the airport and all that.

All the plane vomiting would have been in a bag or the toilet so not exactly out in the open anyway.